Magazine cabinet having tiltable receptacles



Oct. 2, 1951 Q C, GARDNER 2,570,054

MAGAZINE CABINET HAVING TILTABLE RECEPTACLES Filed Sept. 15, 1948Patented Oct. 2, 1951 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE MAGAZINE CABINETHAVING TILTABLE RECEPTACLES Claims.

This invention relates to a magazine cabinet, and has for its principalobject the provision of an easily rotatable and openable and closablecabinet, having a plurality of magazine receiving racks provided thereinin circumferentially spaced relation, adapted to contain differentmagazines, the names of which may, if desired, be placed on suitablelegends printed on the outside of the cabinet, so that any one of themagazines is instantly accessible for removal when the cabinet has beenturned to the correct position and opened, and yet all of the magazinesare concealed from View when the cabinet is closed, thus avoiding theunsightliness commonly associated with many conventional magazine racks,in which the magazines are left exposed, and protecting the magazinesfrom dust and the likelihood of soiling due to handling by littlechildren.

A salient feature of the present device is the provision of doorelements that are arranged to be swung outwardly from a closed positionrelative to the body df the cabinet, each being slidably connected onthe inner side with a receptacle element for a magazine, one of theseslidably connected elements being hinged relative to the cabinet and theother element being operatively connected with a sleeve slidable on thelamp standard, on which the cabinet is mounted for rotation, in such away that when the sleeve is moved endwise in one direction the door isswung open and relative sliding movement occurs between the door and thereceptacle to expose the upper end of the magazine for easy removal, thedoor and receptacle being returned to their normal relationship in theclosing of the door upon movement of the sleeve endwise in the oppositedirection. In the present case, the receptacles are hinged on thecabinet and the doors slide up and down thereon, downwardly in openingand upwardly in closing.

The invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawing, in which- Fig.1 is a vertical section through a cabinet made in accordance with myinvention, showing the doors closed;

Fig. 2 is a view similar to Fig. l, but showing the door opened and sliddown to expose a magazine or magazines in the receptacle;

Fig. 3 is a section on line 3 3 of Fig. l with a portion of thereceptacle broken away to show the sliding connections lbetween the doorand receptacle;

Fig. 4 is a plan view of Fig. 3;

Fig. 5 is an enlarged sectional detail on line 5--5 of Fig. 3, and

Fig. `6 is a detail on line @-6 of Fig. 1.

The same reference numerals are applied to corresponding partsthroughout the views.

Referring to the drawing, the lamp forming a part of this combinationdevice comprises a tubular standard 9, on a base lll, through whichwires are extended in the usual way to the socket for the electric lightbulb. The cabinet l5 is rotatable about the standard 9 as an axis, thetop I6 and bottom l1 having center holes I8 and I9 through which thestandard 9 extends, and the bottom I'l resting on a spool 20, whichspaces the cabinet in a predetermined elevated relation to the base I0.2| is a metal collar suitablysecured to the top I6 of the cabinet at thecenter, through which a sleeve 22 is slidable in telescoping relation tothe standard 9. A knob 23 is preferably provided on the upper end of thesleeve Z2 to facilitate up and down movement thereof. The sleeve 22 ispivotally connected at its lower end with rocker arms 5l, as at 58. oneof these arms being provided for each of the plurality of door andreceptacle assemblies, and the arms being forked at their outer ends 59and pivotally connected, as at 60, to the inner sides of the doors 21a.The rocker arms 5l are adjustable in length, as indicated at 6l, so asto enable accurately fitting each door to close properly. Links 62pivoted to the bottom of the cabinet at 63 provide oscillating supportat their upper ends for the rocker arms 5l, as indicated at 64. Thereceptacles 45a, which are hinged at their lower ends, as at 65, to thebottom of the cabinet, have the door panels 21a slidably mountedthereon, as by means of screws 66 on the doors entered in vertical slots61 provided in outwardly projecting beads 68 formed on the front wallsof the sheet metal bodies of the receptacles 45a, these beads serving tospace the door panels from the front of the receptacles and provide lowfriction sled runners or skids on which the door panels may slide up anddown easily and noiselessly. Three beads are provided on each receptaclefront wall, as appears in Fig. 3, spaced and arranged in the mannershown so as to avoid likelihood of any binding action. The front andside walls of each receptacle are formed from a single piece of sheetmetal, the side walls being bent inwardly at the back, as at 69, andsuitably fastened to the wooden back wall l0, and there being also awooden bottom wall 'll suitably fastened to the lower end of the backwall and to the rest of the receptacle.` The back wall` l0 proiects highenough to nearly reach the top I6 of the cabinety and shut off theviewinto the interior of the cabinet when the doors are opened and thereceptacles swung outwardly to operative position, as in Fig. 2. It isclear from Figs. 1 and 2 that to slide open the doors and swing out thereceptacles one need only raise knob to raise sleeve 22 as in Fig. `2.Upward movement of sleeve 22 is shown as positively limited by aflexible chain 'l2 attached at one end to the sleeve and at its otherend to a bracket 'I3 fastened to the bottom il of the cabinet. This samebracket cooperates with a radially projecting lug 'lll provided on thelower end of sleeve 22 to lock the cabinet doors closed automaticallywhen the sleeve 22 is moved down as far as it can go, the lug F4 beingthen engageable in a notch l5 provided in the vertical leg of thebracket, as shown in Fig. 6. To unlock and open the cabinet, one merelyturns and lifts knob 23. The top of the vertical leg of bracket 'i3 isinclined, as at lil, so as to guide the lug Hl automatically toward thenotched side of the bracket, the sleeve 22 normally occupying laposition of rotation wherein the lug M naturally enters the notch 15,and there being enough give and resilience in the structure andlooseness in the various joints to permit the sleeve 2,2 to be turnedthrough such a small angularity in locking and unlocking the cabinet.

The operation of this cabinet is believed to be clear from the foregoingdescription. Although, of course, thev cabinet l 5 is intended primarilyfor storage of magazines, it will be apparent that there. is adequatespace left inside the cabinet for storage and safe keeping of otherthings, and with that thought in mind the screws or pins 50, whichpivotally connect the arms 59 to the doors 21a, may be made easilyremovable to permit swinging anyone of the doors 2in, outwardly from theopened position, shown in Fig. 2, so as to permit placing articles in orremoving articles from the inner confines of the cabinet. It should beevident that with the present construction it requires very littleeffort to open and close the doors, the receptacles 45a which aresometimes loaded with heavy magazines being merely oscillated, the doorpanels, which are much lighter than the loaded receptacles, being theparts that are slid up and down. In this construction a locking actionat one eXtreme of movement is suiiicient, there being no need of lockingthe doors inlowered position. It is also considered to be ratheradvantageous that in this construction the magazines always stay ontheir original level below the top of the cabinet throughout theoperation, there being nothing raised above the level of the cabinettop, the slidable door panels being slid downwardly in opening.

Itri is believed the foregoing description conveys a good understandingof the objects and advantages of my invention. The appended claimsA havebeen drawn to cover all legitimate modifications and adaptations.

I claim:

l. A device of the character described, comprising a base, a standardsupported thereon, a cabinet supported on said standard and having aplurality of receptacles on the outer sides thereof which are hinged tothe cabinet by their lower portions to swing outwardly to afford accessto magazines and the like placed therein, closures forl the cabinetslidable up and down on the outer sidesofsaid receptacles,v and acentral operator for, said receptacles and closures operatively.connected with theclosures and moi/ably mounted on said standard, and,arranged to swing theremounted in said cabinet and oscillatable to andfrom a magazine dispensing position, closures on the outer sides of saidcabinet slidably connected to said receptacles for Yup and downmovement, a sleeve serving as a central operator for said closuresmounted in telescoping relation to said standard and movable endwise androtatively relativethereto, and rocker elements pivotally mountedintermediate their ends on supports cs cillatably mounted in thecabinet, gsaid rocker elements. providing operating connections betweensaid sleeve and said closures, whereby said closures are opened andclosed by endwise movement of said sleeve and the receptacles are movedto and from dispensing position.

4. A device of the character described, comprising a vase, a standardsupported thereon, a cabinet rotatably supported on said standard forstorage of magazines and the like and having a plurality ofreceptaclestherein for the magazines hinged by their lower end portionsto. the cabinet to swing outwardly to a magazine dispensing position,closures for the cabinet attached to and slidable up and down on theouter sides of said receptacles, a sleeve serving as a central operatorfor said closures mounted in telescoping relation to said standard andmovable endwise and rotatively relative thereto, and operatingconnections between saidA sleeve and said closures,r whereby saidYreceptacles are swung outwardly and the closures are simultaneously sliddownwardly by endwise movement of said sleeve in'one direction, and viceversa.

5. A device ofthe character described, comprising aV base, a standardsupported thereon, a cabinet supported on said standard and having aplurality of doors on the outer sidesv thereof which, when opened,alford access to magazines and the like stored in the cabinet,receptacles for magazines and the like hinged in the cabinet and havingvsaid, doors slidably mounted on the outer sides thereof, and a singleoperating means operatively associated with all of said receptacles anddoors to swing all -of said receptacles simultaneously outwardly tomagazine dispensing positions and slide said doors in one direction. inthe movement of said operating means in one direction, and vice versa.

6. A device of thecharacter-described, comprising a base, a standardsupported thereon, a cabinet supportedon said standard and having aplurality of doors on the outer sides thereof which, when opened, affordaccess to magazines and the like stored in the cabinet, receptacles formagazines and the like hinged in the cabinetand having said doorsslidably mounted on the outer sides thereof, andV a single operatingmeans operatively associated with all of said receptacles and doors toswing all of said receptacles simultaneously outwardly to magazinedispensing positions and slide said doors in one direction in themovement of said operating means in one direction, and vice versa, saidcabinet being rotatable relative to said standard to position any one ofsaid receptacles adjacent an operators station, and

5 said operating means being so arranged that it is operative from theoperators station with equal facility with said cabinet in any positionof rotation.

7. In a rotatable filing device of the character described, a supportingstandard, a cabinet rotatable thereon as an axis land having areceptacle on the radially outer side arranged to swing outwardly toafford access to articles placed therein, a closure slidable endwisewith respect to said receptacle, and a central operator operativelyconnected with the closure and movably mounted on said standard andarranged to swing the receptacle outwardly and move the closure endwisesimultaneously.

8. A device as set forth in claim 7, including means for releasablylocking the central operator in an extreme position. v

9. In a cabinet of the character described, a housing having an opening,a, receptacle hinged at its lower end on said housing partially to closesaid opening, a closure attached to and slidable up and down on theouter side of said receptacle, a throw-out arm pivoted intermediate itsends with respect to the receptacle and at its outer end to the closureto swing the receptacle outwardly -and slide the door downwardly, andmeans operable from outside said housing and connected withthe inner endof said throw-out arm to rock the same.

10. A device as set forth in claim 3, wherein the rocker elements are ofadjustably fixed length, whereby to enable accurately fitting eachclosure to close properly.

CLAIR C. GARDNER.

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